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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Volunteer to Serve on ASEEES Committees</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ASEEES would not be a well-functioning organization without all the members who volunteer for various committees. Please consider volunteering to serve on a committee (appointments start in 2019). For more information see:
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www.aseees.org/about/volunteer</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:#C00000">ASEEES18 Diversity and Inclusion Travel Grant</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The deadline for the new Diversity and Inclusion Travel Grant program for the ASEEES convention is
<b><span style="color:red">August 31</span></b>. The program is open to graduate as well as undergraduate students with no requirement to be presenting at the convention. For more information see:
<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Fgrants%2Fdiversity-inclusion&data=02%7C01%7C%7C86272aaf05e14e2a74cb08d60cf81e40%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636710657184554138&sdata=lo03%2FKC2UjhN6Sj9oaIqrU5bQLuJrGXWjG3nuMfNREI%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.aseees.org/convention/grants/diversity-inclusion" shash="F4gMHTQbKdyfwS7OF8w/UJAZ4lDpKZW0u6N8veYdK3iO6XimZ4Xbp0gY9C6f2sxJggQ/fwRNuCqzW7SBJzbUIksbYbY98VxgKRU1dzNC00f8WneGX0ZXBG/b6TO3l6OP/OnbdpeegdjCK5Y8JtW3BemCccJUuP7fc0fJlMPWgos=" target="_BLANK">
www.aseees.org/convention/grants/diversity-inclusion</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:#C00000">ASEEES First Book Subvention</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The next deadline for the First Book Subvention is <b><span style="color:red">Sept. 1</span></b>. For more information and the link to the proposal submission site go to:
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www.aseees.org/programs/firstbook-subvention</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Share Your Defining Moments</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As we celebrate the 70<sup>th</sup> anniversary of ASEEES and 50<sup>th</sup> Convention, we are gathering stories from our members about their defining moments in the field. Please help us celebrate by sharing your stories:
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www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/aseees-celebrates-our-members-defining-moments</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Check Out Our Member Spotlights<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Read about all the great work our members are doing in the ASEEES member spotlights:
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www.aseees.org/membership/spotlight</a> If you are interested in being featured, please contact
<a href="mailto:newsnet@pitt.edu">newsnet@pitt.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Send Us Your News</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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NewsNet</a> and on our Members Site <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetforum.avectra.com%2Feweb%2FDynamicPage.aspx%3FSite%3Daseees%26WebCode%3DArticleResult%26FromSearchControl%3DYes%26FromSearchControl%3DYes&data=02%7C01%7C%7C86272aaf05e14e2a74cb08d60cf81e40%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636710657184584162&sdata=7RX3nTaOtha%2BiwbCgW77d0SmDOj779s%2BIrVBpFoJFC0%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=aseees&WebCode=ArticleResult&FromSearchControl=Yes&FromSearchControl=Yes" shash="c4b/Jw26ypMje86LvbcSFoun0yp0+ZLcEEN7y0ZP/9VOUGRWgzqrkG149S/4o+U4FtvtqMwI6bZS9rX/KdUQ/re0lIRQjZPIdO54D5edIulYTkihuCMEwW+ghDnP1OliKnGpnIhGH0fsFFFBElTL2TlgFoYR+sQ04HBBWLlLqss=" target="_BLANK">
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